ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
ROUTINE
R 241612Z AUG 00 ZYB MIN PSN 948907J37
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
TO NAVADMIN
UNCLAS //N01430//
NAVADMIN 221/00
MSGID/GENADMIN/N1//
SUBJ/INTERIM CHANGE TO BUPERSINST 1430.16D//
REF/A/DOC/BUPERS/100791//
REF/B/DOC/BUPERS/YMD:020895//
NARR/REF A IS BUPERSINST 1430.16D, ADVANCEMENT MANUAL. REF B IS
BUPERSINST 1610.10, NAVY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND COUNSELING
SYSTEM//
POC/SIMMONS, M/CDR/N132C4/-/TEL:(703)695-3856/TEL:DSN 225-3856//
RMKS/1. THE NAVY HUMAN RESOURCES BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS APPROVED
A CHANGE TO THE ENLISTED ADVANCEMENT SYSTEM, EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY, WHICH ALLOWS COMMANDING OFFICERS TO WAIVE UP TO ONE
YEAR OF THE REQUIRED TIME-IN-RATE (TIR) FOR SAILORS IN PAYGRADES
E-5 AND E-6, WHO RECEIVED A PROMOTION RECOMMENDATION OF "EARLY
PROMOTE" ON THEIR MOST RECENT PERIODIC EVALUATION IN THAT PAYGRADE.
THIS CHANGE PROVIDES AN AVENUE FOR TOP-PERFORMING SAILORS TO COMPETE
FOR ADVANCEMENT TO E-6 AND E-7 AT AN ACCELERATED RATE AND EMPOWERS
COMMANDERS TO PROVIDE A TANGIBLE BENEFIT TO THEIR BEST SAILORS. IF
NOT ADVANCED BY TAKING THE TEST EARLY, THOSE SAILORS TAKING THE E-6
EXAM EARLY WILL ACCUMULATE PASSED BUT NOT ADVANCED (PNA) POINTS, IF
EARNED, FROM THESE EARLY EXAMS. THIS WAIVER IS GRANTED AT THE
DISCRETION OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED
AUTOMATIC FOR EVERY SAILOR THAT COULD QUALIFY.
2. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THIS BENEFIT IS PROPERLY TARGETED TO SAILORS
WHO ARE PERFORMING AT A SUPERIOR LEVEL AS COMPARED TO THEIR PEERS IN
THE SAME PAYGRADE, ONLY SAILORS RECOMMENDED AS "EARLY PROMOTE" ON
THEIR MOST RECENT PERIODIC EVALUATION ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS WAIVER.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE SPECIAL, DETACHMENT OF INDIVIDUAL (TRANSFER),
OR DETACHMENT OF REPORTING SENIOR EVALUATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, A
SAILOR RECOMMENDED AS "EARLY PROMOTE" ON THEIR MOST RECENT PERIODIC
EVALUATION WHO LATER RECEIVES A SPECIAL, TRANSFER, OR DETACHMENT OF
REPORTING SENIOR EVALUATION BEFORE THE NEXT ADVANCEMENT EXAMINATION
WITH A PROMOTION RECOMMENDATION OTHER THAN "EARLY PROMOTE," IS NO
LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR THE TIR WAIVER. ALSO, THE END OF THE REPORTING
PERIOD OF THE PERIODIC EVALUTION ON WHICH THE WAIVER IS BASED, MUST
BE BEFORE THE MONTH IN WHICH THE EXAM IS NORMALLY SCHEDULED TO BE
ADMINISTERED. FOR EXAMPLE, IF AN E-5 RECEIVES AN "EARLY PROMOTE"
RECOMMENDATION ON A 15 MAR 01 EVALUATION, THE E-5 WOULD NOT BE
ELIGIBLE FOR A WAIVER TO TAKE AN EARLY EXAM IN MAR 01. A SAILOR
OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED A LATE (SUBSTITUTE) EXAM FOR THE MAR 01 EXAM,
WOULD STILL NOT QUALIFY FOR TIR WAIVER BASED ON 15 MAR 01 "EARLY
PROMOTE" EVALUATION.
3. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE PROPER PROCESSING OF THESE EARLY EXAMS AT
NETPDTC, COMMANDS MUST PROVIDE A LIST OF SAILORS TAKING EARLY EXAMS
AS AN ENCLOSURE TO THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL USED TO FORWARD EXAM
RETURNS TO NETPDTC. FAILURE TO PROVIDE THIS LIST WILL RESULT IN THE
EXAM BEING INVAILDATED FOR INSUFFICIENT TIME IN RATE, WHICH WILL
CAUSE DELAYS IN EXAM PROCESSING FOR THESE SAILORS.
4. THE SUCCESS OF THIS INITIATIVE RELIES UPON EACH COMMAND TO
UTILIZE THE EVALUATION SYSTEM PER THE GUIDANCE OF REF B. COMMANDS
ARE REMINDED THAT THE DECISION TO RECOMMEND A SAILOR AS "EARLY
PROMOTE" SHOULD BE BASED SOLELY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THAT SAILOR.
THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SAILOR BECOMING ELIGIBLE FOR A TIR WAIVER
SHOULD NOT BE A FACTOR IN THE PROMOTION RECOMMENDATION PROCESS.
COMMANDS SHOULD NOTE THAT THE PROMOTION RECOMMENDATION BLOCK OF AN
EVALUATION (BLOCK 45) MAY NOT BE ADMINISTRATIVELY CHANGED AFTER THE
REPORT HAS BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICIAL BUPERS RECORD AND/OR FIELD
SERVICE RECORD.
5. TO CLARIFY THE GUIDANCE OF THIS MSG THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES ARE
PROVIDED:
A. SAILOR "A" WAS ADVANCED TO E-5 IN CYCLE 160 (SEP 98 EXAM).
PER PARA 301.12 OF REF A, SAILOR "A'S" TIR DATE FOR E-5 IS
1 JAN 99. NORMALLY, SAILOR "A" WOULD FIRST BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE
E-6 EXAM IN SEP 01; HOWEVER, IF SAILOR "A" WAS RECOMMENDED AS "EARLY
PROMOTE" ON SAILOR "A'S" MAR 00 PERIODIC E-5 EVALUATION, THE CO
COULD GRANT A WAIVER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SEP 00 E-6 EXAM.
B. SAILOR "B" WAS ADVANCED TO E-6 IN CYCLE 163 (MAR 99 EXAM),
WITH AN EFFECTIVE TIR DATE AS AN E-6 OF 1 JUL 99. NORMALLY, SAILOR
"B" WOULD FIRST BE ELIBIBLE TO TAKE THE E-7 EXAM IN JAN 02. IF
SAILOR "B" WAS RECOMMENDED AS "EARLY PROMOTE" ON SAILOR "B'S" NOV 00
PERIODIC EVALUATION, THE CO COULD GRANT A WAIVER TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE JAN 01 E-7 EXAM.
6. THIS CHANGE WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE NEXT REVISION OF REF A.
THE FIRST EXAM CYCLE FOR WHICH "EARLY PROMOTE" TIR WAIVERS WILL BE
GRANTED IS THE SEP 00 EXAM.
7. POC IS CDR M. SIMMONS, N132C4, AT (703) 695-3856/DSN 225.
8. RELEASED BY VADM N. R. RYAN, JR., N1.//
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